This from the Abellio website...
Following the announcement in late March that Ian Bevan had decided to step down from his role as MD of Northern Rail, Abellio and Serco have appointed Alex Hynes as MD for Northern, commencing in September 2013.
Alex’s
early career as a senior consultant for Halcrow Fox saw him providing
policy, financial and economic advice to transport operators in UK rail
franchise bidding. He then progressed his career with the ORR before
joining the Go-Ahead Group in 2005, performing a number of roles
including Commercial Director for London Midland and his most recent
role as MD – Rail Development. In this role he was a member of
Go-Ahead’s Executive Committee and led the development and delivery of
Go-Ahead’s 5 year rail strategy including all franchise bidding
activity.
Alex brings a wealth of experience in which will
position him well to take Northern Rail to the next stage of operational
excellence across all aspects of the business. We welcome him to the
Group and wish him every success in his new role.
We would
also like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to Alan
Chaplin for undertaking the role of Acting MD to date and pending
Alex’s commencement at which time he will facilitate a smooth handover
before returning to focus on his COO role.
Nothing about the appointment on Serco's website though...
